It’s official: December is here in Southwest Michigan, and with it come a huge selection of holiday-inspired festivals, performances, and other events. Here’s three that sound especially fun:
A Baby Changes Everything - A Christmas Musical
The story of the nativity is told through music (including Christmas favorites as well as some new selections). Free, December [...]
Follow along with LMF contributor Beth and her family as they celebrate the holidays in southwest Michigan.
This year is the fifth annual “Vikings family advent calendar” experience. Since Christmas 2005 when my now-kindergartner was 21 months old, we’ve tried to make the 25 days coming up to Christmas day special. I blogged about our experiences [...]
Looks like it’ll be a weekend for theatre with an Asian flair here in southwest Michigan!
Starting tonight, Children’s Music Workshop presents Mulan, Jr. at Lakeshore High School auditorium. Since my ten-year-old son Isaac was bitten by the theatre bug this year (he performed in his first production, Godspell, Jr. with Kids On Stage two weekends [...]
My son Isaac has been rehearsing for his first full-scale theatrical production for the last couple of months, and finally, last night the curtains opened on his show: the Kids On Stage production of Godspell, Jr. What a treat! The show went far beyond my expectations, especially considering the flu outbreak that kids in this [...]
A big apology for the lack of posts last week! Our family got taken down by the flu that’s making its rounds in southwest Michigan and Berrien County. Schools are closed, the absentee rate is through the roof. Which is really too bad because the weather is beautiful–perfect for visiting a pumpkin patch or apple [...]
It’s shaping up to be a beautiful, crisp autumn day here in Southwest Michigan, and it seems like everybody’s celebrating our region’s abundant harvest and getting ready for the cold months ahead. How will you celebrate fall this weekend? Here are a few ideas:
St. Joseph Harvest Festival: from 10 am to 4 pm today, Saturday [...]
Have you heard of Nature-Deficit Disorder? It’s a phrase coined by writer Richard Louv, author of Last Child In The Woods (a book I highly recommend to anyone who lives or works with children) to refer to the lack of natural experiences most kids have these days. While we adults may have spent our childhoods [...]
This post comes to us from Beth, a southwest Michigan resident, mom, and blogger. The photos were taken by her husband, Mike. Thanks Beth and Mike!
As part of the new development below the bluff in St Joseph, the Whirlpool Compass Fountain debuted Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Since my husband was working some coveted and [...]
Labor Day weekend is coming up, and many southwest Michigan families have a three-day weekend: that means one extra day for fun (or two if, like me, you’ll be spending at least one of those days frantically pulling together school supplies and packing lunches!) Here’s what’s on our family’s agenda for the coming week:
Thursday: Curious [...]